Search
Search results
Displaying 41 - 50
Eva Longoria
Eva Longoria is known to TV viewers as Gabrielle Solis, the perpetually unsatisfied sexpot from the series Desperate Housewives (also starring Teri Hatcher and Felicity Huffman). Longoria's acting…Philip K. Dick
Philip Kindred Dick was a prolific science fiction author who ditched bug-eyed monsters and spacemen to explore the nature of reality and paranoia on a cosmic scale. In spite of winning a Hugo Award…Baha’u’llah
Name at birth: Mirza Husayn-'Ali-i-NuriIn 1844, Syyid Ali-Muhammad broke from mainstream Islam, called himself the Bab ("the gate") and prophesied the coming of a man who would be the "Manifestation…Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day was co-founder of a community of activists who published a newspaper while feeding, sheltering and living with the poor of New York City. The group and its paper, both called The Catholic…Lorde
Name at birth: Ella Maria Lani Yellich-O'ConnorLorde is the performing name of Ella Yellich-O'Connor, a New Zealand singer and songwriter who had an international hit with 2013's "Royals." She began…Louis de Branges
Mathematician Louis de Branges was the first winner (in 1989) of the Ostrowski Prize for achievement in pure mathematics. De Branges won the prize for his 1984 proof of the Bieberbach conjecture, a…Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman was a jazz clarinetist and band leader famous for the songs "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "One O'Clock Jump." A prodigy on the clarinet, Benny Goodman joined the professional musician's union…Daniel Clowes
Daniel Clowes is the writer and illustrator whose underground comics were made into the films Ghost World (2001) and Art School Confidential (2006). A graduate of New York's Pratt Institute, Clowes…R. Crumb
Name at birth: Robert CrumbRobert Crumb is a leading figure in the history of American underground comics. As a child he spent hours creating elaborate storybooks with his brothers, and in 1968 he…1. Rage Against The Machine
The Battle of Los AngelesEpic It may be too early to predict, but this pulverizing mix of hard rock and rap, loaded with political conviction, could be setting the stage for the sound of the…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
